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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
2. How does the character in Poem Seven feel mentally about her situation?
3. How many characters run off stage after the lights change at the end of Poem Five?
4. What ties Poems Six and Seven in Sequence Two together?
5. When the other character's speak in Poem Two, what do they comment on?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?
2. Based on the information in Poem One, what is the play about?
3. What happened to Beau when he came back from the war? Why did Crystal have to get a court order against Beau?
4. What metaphors are apparent in Poem Seventeen? What do these metaphors represent?
5. Describe the imagery and language in Poem Nineteen. Describe the rage in Poem Nineteen.
6. What does Poem One represent? What is its significance?
7. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Six.
8. How does the lady in yellow begin Poem Sixteen? What feelings does she convey in the poem?
9. What does Poem Eighteen allow the characters to do? What do the characters use the poem to describe?
10. What happens in Poem Twelve? How do the women deal with the situation that arises?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As the individual women tell where they are located at the start of the play, they bring universality to the script. How does the playwright use the characters to bring universality to the script and show that women like the ones in the play are everywhere? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
How does the playwright use sexuality and sensuality to describe the differences that exist between African American women and women of other races? Why does the author use sexuality and sensuality to show differences between women of different races? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
How does the author portray African American culture in the play? What is significant about her portrayal? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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